UNIX Print Solutions

OM Plus' advanced print spool file management product suite provides an output management solution which enables advanced document delivery from one or more sources–unlike UNIX (includes Linux) Printing Management Solutions-UNIX lp. OM Plus also differs from UNIX lp printing because it goes across complex networks, to multiple destinations. OM Plus’ UNIX printing has powerful rules processing for flexible event based actions and has a strong centralized administration structure. That’s something you won’t find with UNIX print spooling for UNIX lp.

The list below includes an LPD forum like list for some of the many advantages of OM Plus UNIX printing functionality over the capabilities of the UNIX lp Print management solutions. 

• Delivery confirmation (all the way to the output tray) - not part of standard UNIX printing
• Auto routing based on print job meta-data
• Is a print job allowed to print in color or black and white only
• Number of pages limit exceeded automatically sends large jobs to production printers
• User not permitted to print on production printer, re-route to network printer
• Load balancing across multiple printers - not part of standard UNIX printing
• Automated methods for notification of print failure - not part of standard UNIX printing
• Fail-over/Print re-direction in case of failure (in unattended print mode) - not part of standard UNIX printing
• Print to hold Queue for confidential print -not part of standard UNIX printing
• Reprint at page level (e.g. Checks) -not part of standard UNIX printing
• Bundling of separate jobs into a single print file -not part of standard UNIX printing
• Ensuring proper forms are mounted prior to print (i.e. checks) -not part of standard UNIX printing
• Preventing others from “over-printing” on mounted forms
• Delay purge functions of print jobs to enable viewing/re-printing out side of application -not part of standard UNIX printing
• Managing print post processing events (filter processes)
• View to validate WYSIWYG
• Scalability to support large numbers of printers defined to a single server
• Detailed accounting logs for managing internal departmental costs and charge backs
• Printer Management Tools such as PJL and SNMP to collect printer health info -not part of standard UNIX printing
• Automated finishing commands not available in application -not part of standard UNIX printing
• Archiving functions – for short/med terms research, re-print -not part of standard UNIX printing
  Batch printing tools

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